Mission

The mission of the Indian Health Service, in partnership with
American Indian and Alaska Native people, is to raise their physical,
mental, social, and spiritual health to the highest level. The mission
of the Office of Environmental Health and Engineering (OEHE) is to
support that goal by:

providing technical and financial assistance to
Indian tribes and Alaska Native communities (tribes) to promote a
healthy environment through the cooperative development and continuing
operation of safe water, wastewater, and solid waste systems and related
support facilities; and

assisting each American Indian tribe and Alaska Native community
to achieve its unique goals for obtaining health care facilities and
establishing and maintaining a healthy environment.